22 August 2011

This is Mahatma Kane Jeeves

He often contributed to the scripts of his films, under unusual pseudonyms such as... "Mahatma Kane Jeeves", a play on mahatma and on a phrase an aristocrat might use when about to leave the house: "My hat, my cane, Jeeves".

The first time I saw ANY scene of his films, he was riding in an airplane. It had a rear deck. He went back to have a nip, as he was wont to do. As he saw his niece come to the door, he stashed his half-pint bottle, not wanting her to see it. When she went back inside, he placed it on the railing and inadvertently knocked it off. He jumped after it!

Switch to a castle of sorts, with a pool, a beautiful woman and a trampoline.

Down comes W.C. bouncing SEVERAL times before coming to rest.

When he jumped after the bottle, I thought, "WTF?!"

Yes, it was all explained. Yes, I got hooked. I can hardly even THINK of W.C. Fields without smiling from ear to ear, and unable to help myself.

Who else would think of taking a grumpy, crotchety old saw horse and making a career of it?

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